Make Chef Adam Gray’s beetroot spelt risotto with Oxford Blue cheese—a vibrant, comforting recipe that looks impressive but is surprisingly simple to make. Featuring British ingredients, Mellow Yellow cold-pressed rapeseed oil, and bold seasonal flavours, it’s all about letting quality ingredients shine through.
Perfect for autumn dinners when you want to serve something special!
Serves 4
100ml Mellow Yellow cold pressed rapeseed oil
1 large red onion
250g British pearled spelt
1 litre beetroot and apple juice
50g unsalted butter
300g cooked beetroot
200g Oxford Blue cheese
Salt & pepper
Place a thick bottomed saucepan on a medium heat and add the rapeseed oil.
Peel and finely dice the red onion and add to the saucepan, cooking for 2-3 minutes until soft. Add the pearled spelt to the onions and continue to cook for a further 3-5 minutes.
In a separate saucepan, add the beetroot juice and bring to the boil. Add the hot beetroot juice to the spelt and onion mixture a ladle at a time, stirring
the mixture every 5 minutes.
After about 20 minutes, the spelt should be tender but not overcooked, and the consistency should be like a thick soup, stir in the unsalted butter to add
richness.
Dice the cooked beetroot into rough 2 cm cubes and stir into the spelt risotto. Check the seasoning with salt and pepper.
To Serve:-
Spoon the cooked spelt risotto into individual serving bowls and crumble the Oxford Blue cheese on top. Garnish with some roasted baby heritage beetroot and some sprigs of fresh dill.